Alhamdulliah, My annual family adventurous, wonderful & imaginative trip completed by the Grace of Almighty Allah. I covered valleys of Chitral, Ayun, Kalash & Kumrat Valleys. Also explored Lamoti dense forests, Badgai Pass & then reached Kalam via utror. Also visited lakes of Mahudrand & Saif Ullah & returned back through Swat valley. It was a complete 9 days trip.
Special thanks for Brother Asif & Brother Sattar for guidance.
My proposed plan was as under:
Trip Schedule
01.07.17 Islamabad ~ Dir
02.07.17 Dir ~ Ayun ~ (Explore Rumber & Birr)
03.07.17 Ayun Fort Inn ~ Bamborat ~ Ayun Fort Inn
04.07.17 Ayun Fort Inn ~ Garam Chashma (44 km; 2.5 Hrs)~ Gol NationalPark(Summer palace)
05.07.17 Ayun ~ Dir ~ Jandrai (9 Hrs) ~ Water fall
06.07.17 Jandari ~ kala chasma ~ Forest do chungay
07.07.17 Jandari ~ Baggoi Pass ~Gabral ~ Kharkari Lake ~ Kalam
08.07.17 Kalam ~ Mahudand ~ Saidu
09.07.17 Saidu ~ Islamabad
We were 7 family members including 5 kids 17, 15, 12, 8 & 3.5 years.
We started our visit on 01.07.17 at 01:30 PM from Islamabad & reached Chakdara at 05:30 PM. Taken some lunch & offered Usar Prayer & started travel towards Dir. We reached PTDC Panakot, Dir at 10:00 PM. After Timargar weather was very pleasant & light rain was in operation.
For information, I hired a prado from Islamabad for 9 days as maximum travel was on jeep track.
Next day, we have taken breakfast & started travel at 08:30 AM towards chitral via Lowari pass. The condition of track was worst through out. Lowari tunnel is ready & most probably will be inagurated in this month. During our travel our ride tyres punctured two times & hectic travel ends at 04:00 PM. so our initial plan disturbed due to this & we cannot cover the kalash valleys on the same day. We stayed in Ayun valley at AYUN FORT INN which was the first positive point in that travel. It is really wonderful place to stay where they also maintained organic garden. Their landscaping, rooms & food was excellent.
First i share some photographs of lowari pass & then Ayun valley. Afterthat, we move forward.
